Leeds Carnegie youngster James Murray scored the only points for Scotland U20 in their IRB Junior World Championship match against South Africa on Monday night.
Scotland's U20 coach Colin Robertson highlighted the superior physicality shown by South Africa's young juggernauts after Scotland were on the receiving end of a 72-3 defeat.
Scotland's three points came from stand-off James Murray, who made his first start of the tournament.  The South Africa team however, who had a number of players with Super 14 experience proved too strong and ran in a flurry of tries.
Robertson said: "I've been involved in age group rugby for a long time and both John Jeffrey and I have never seen such a well oiled machine like the South Africa team.  Unfortunately we just could not match their speed and physicality and they were absolutely brutal right throughout the team.  We were completely and utterly outplayed in every area against opposition who have got Super 14 experience.  Our dressing room looked like a battlefield at the end and we will have to see how bad some of our injuries are because we have stacks of them.  Our guys have always had good spirit and we can respond from the result. We need to regroup and prepare for our next match against the USA."